High School Sports

NORTHAMPTON — Joe Mantegna Jr. watched two basketball scrimmages from the second rung of the bleachers inside Smith Vocational’s gym on Wednesday morning. The third day of the Northampton native’s basketball camp needed to wrap up, so Mantegna checked his watch and blew his whistle. The scrimmages paused, the teams rearranged and played a few more minutes. For a coach …

DEERFIELD — Amherst’s Stephen McCudden had never pitched on back-to-back days until this week. On Monday, the rising junior followed Sunday’s shortened start with a lengthy relief appearance in which he struck out eight to guide Amherst to a 10-5 win over Easthampton in the Pioneer Valley Youth Baseball League Mickey Mantle championship …

The Amherst Mickey Mantle team had to play in back-to-back games to punch its ticket to the Pioneer Valley championship on Sunday. After knocking out Frontier, 12-0, Amherst beat Northampton 11-3 in the semifinals of the double elimination …

Easthampton Savings Banks’ bats cracked early and beat Wilbraham Funeral House 9-3 to tie the best-of-three series in the second round of Tri-County playoffs on Sunday. Connor McMahon went the distance on the mound, striking out seven while …

AMHERST — The Amherst Mickey Mantle baseball team had to chase the entire game Thursday evening, but with a little help from its opponent caught up just in time in its postseason opener. Amherst used some uncharacteristically sloppy defense by Easthampton to tie it in the seventh and …

CHICOPEE — The Easthampton Savings Bank baseball team stood one out from its 11th consecutive scoreless inning to start the Tri-County League playoffs. But catcher Brandon Kubik ended that streak and sent Easthampton on its way to a …

After competing against each other in dual meets and championship races, current and former Northampton and Amherst Regional distance runners teamed up for a good cause. Rising seniors Liam Sullivan of the Blue Devils and the Hurricanes’ Owen …

Evan Levrault and Thomas Shea both went 3-for-3 with three RBIs to power South Hadley to a 12-6 road win over Holyoke in the first round of the Western Massachusetts Mickey Mantle tournament. James Roux walked three and fanned two in the first five innings until Levrault relieved …

EASTHAMPTON — After two and a half innings of a pitchers duel, Easthampton Mickey Mantle stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the third inning and quickly loaded the bases with no outs. Then Frontier’s Kyle …

The New England Basketball Hall of Fame is placing special attention on western Massachusetts with this year’s class and reception. A lengthy list of local high school coaches and former athletes are among the many to be inducted in this year on August 8 at the DCU Center …

SUNDERLAND — The Gateway girls left the field the same way they arrived — undefeated. After notching two goals in the first 6 minutes of play, it seemed Gateway was barreling down its well-worn path toward an easy …

David Longstreeth’s baseball plans for the 2016 season had already been established by the time he concluded a dominant high school pitching career about a month ago. But he also hoped to have the following four years squared …